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/wop"euh tooh'/, n., pl. wapatoos.an arrowhead plant, Sagittaria latifolia.[1805, Amer.; < Chinook Jargon; ulterior orig. uncert.]
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Wapatoo — Wap a*too , n. (Bot.) The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead ({Sagittaria variabilis}); so called by the Indians of Oregon. [Written also {wappato}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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wapatoo — wap·a·too … English syllables
Sagittaria variabilis — Wapatoo Wap a*too , n. (Bot.) The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead ({Sagittaria variabilis}); so called by the Indians of Oregon. [Written also {wappato}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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